Arbacia nigra Black Sea Urchin

Arbacia nigra is commonly referred to as Black Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15730 

AphiaID:

569287 

Scientific:

Arbacia nigra 

German:

Schwarzer-Seeigel 

English:

Black Sea Urchin 

Category:

Zee-egels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Arbacioida (Order) > Arbaciidae (Family) > Arbacia (Genus) > nigra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Molina, ), 1782 

Occurrence:

Chile, Peru, South East Pacific, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0,5 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.57" - 2.76" (4,8cm - 7,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Arbacia dufresnii
• 
  Arbacia lixula
  Schwarzer Seeigel
• 
  Arbacia punctulata
  Lila Seeigel
• Arbacia spatuligera
• Arbacia stellata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Arbacia nigra
  Schwarzer-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-05-07 19:13:26 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 15:10:32 

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